1.

A 55-year-old woman presents with a unilateral conductive hearing loss and

pulsatile tinnitus in the right ear. Otoscopy reveals a reddish-blue appearance to
the tympanic membrane. The most likely diagnosis is?

a. Cholesteatoma
b. Presbycusis
c. Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM)
d. Ramsay Hunt syndrome
e. Glomus tumour

2. A 35year old woman is being reviewed in the outpatient clinic post total
thyroidectomy. She was placed on L-thyroxine daily and asked to do a blood test
prior to her clinic visit, which of the following is best for monitoring thyroid
hormone replacement?

a. Free T3
b. Free T4
c. TSH
d. Thyroid binding Globulin
e. Radionuclide Scanning

3. A young boy presents to A&E with acute nose-bleed. He is stable and talking. The
best course of action is

a. To pinch the bridge of the nose and ask him to lean

backwards
b. Reassurance
c. Place cotton/gauze in each nostril
d. Place icepacks on the forehead
e. Pinch the soft part of the nose and ask him to lean
forwards

4. A 27-year-old female presented with a 0.8 cm thyroid nodule. Fine needle

aspiration confirms papillary cells. The next appropriate management is

a. Chemotherapy
b. Excisional biopsy of the nodule
c. Lobectomy plus isthmusectomy
d. Radical thyroidectomy
e. Radioactive iodine treatment
5. A 20-year-old girl presents with a 9-month history of neck swelling with thyrotoxic
symptoms. On investigation increased T4 and decreased TSH with palpable 2cm
nodule was found. Next investigation will be:

a. Computed tomography
b. Excisional biopsy of the nodule
c. Ultrasound
d. Needle Aspiration
e. Radionuclide scan

A 65-year-old man had fine needle aspiration biopsy on his neck because of a
central, enlarging tumour mass. Tissue analysis revealed that this was a thyroid
neoplastic mass

6. Which of the following is the most likely possible cause of the problem?

a. Anaplastic carcinoma
b. Follicular adenoma
c. Follicular carcinoma
d. Metastatic carcinoma
e. Papillary carcinoma

7. He was treated with a subtotal thyroidectomy. Which of the following would most
likely describe what was removed?

a. Removal of right and left lobe and isthmus

b. Removal of right and left lobe without isthmus
c. Removal of the medial part of each lobe and the isthmus
d. Removal of right lobe and isthmus
e. Removal of right lobe without isthmus

8. In the immediate post-operative period the surgeon was called back to see the
patient because the patient had trouble breathing. Which of the following is a
likely reason for this?

a. Damage to both recurrent laryngeal nerves

b. Damage to the left recurrent laryngeal nerve
c. Damage to the right external laryngeal nerve
d. Damage to/ removal of the parathyroid glands
e. Severe infection to the surgical site
 9. A 42-year-old woman with recent onset type 1 diabetes mellitus went to her
family physician because of increased agitation and a neck mass. She was
diagnosed with Graves disease. Which of the following biochemical profile is in
keeping with this patients diagnosis?

a. Decreased serum T4 and low T3 resin uptake

b. Elevated serum T4 and increased radioactive iodine intake
c. Elevated serum T4 and low radioactive iodine uptake
d. Elevated serum T4, elevated T 3 and elevated TSH
e. Elevated serum T4 and low T3 resin uptake

A 45-year-old gentleman presented with right facial weakness of 24 hours duration.

He denied any history of otologic symptoms or facial trauma. For the past six
months, he has notices a swelling in the right preauricular region, which has slowly
increased in size but remains painless.

10. The most likely diagnosis is

a. Adenoid cystic Carcinoma

b. Bells Palsy
c. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
d. Pleomorphic adenoma
e. Sialadenitis

11. Which of the following would be least helpful in evaluating this patient?

a. Chest-Xray
b. Culture & sensitivity of the parotid secretions
c. CT scan of the parotid glands
d. Fine needle Aspiration Cytology
e. Ultrasound Examination of the parotid

12. Which of the following is an unlikely complication of parotidectomy?

a. Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
b. Gustatory swelling
c. Haemorrhage from the maxillary artery
d. Paresthesia of the earlobe
e. Sialocoele
 13. Which of the following is a feature of Freys syndrome?

a. Aberrant regrowth of sympathetetic fibres

b. Early complication of parotidectomy
c. Facial nerve palsy
d. Glossopharyngeal nerve fibres supplig the sweatless
e. Greater auricular nerve neuralgia

A 50-year-old gentleman who was previously well, experienced severe vertigo while
turning towards the left in bed. Vertigo lasted for approximately 30 seconds and was
associated with nausea, but no hearing loss or tinnitus. Since then he has also
experienced transient vertigo on attempting to look upwards at tall buildings. His
symptoms have persisted for approximately 2 weeks, although he has noticed some
improvement with time.

14. Likely clinical findings:

a. Air-fluid in the middle ear

b. False Negative Rinnes test
c. Normal otoscopic findings
d. Upper motor neuron facial nerve palsy
e. Vascular mass in the middle ear

15. The likely diagnosis is:

a. Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

b. Glomus Tympanicum
c. Menieres disease
d. Otitis media with effusion
e. Vestibular Schwannoma

16. Which one of the following tests would be useful in establishing the
diagnosis?

a. Dix-Hallpike test
b. Rombergs Test
c. Schwabach Test
d. Unterberger test
e. Webers Test
 17. Identify the correct statement

a. During the Rombergs test, the patient should maintain his gaze on the doctors
finger
b. In unilateral conductive hearing loss, the Webers test will typically lateralize to the
contralateral ear
c. The Dix Hallpike test begins with the patient in the supine position
d. The Swabach test compares the patients bone conduction to that of the examiner.
e. The Unterberger test is another name for the Rombergs test

18. Which of the following features is not typical of Mnires disease?

a. Aural fullness
b. Fluctuating vertigo
c. High frequency hearing loss
d. Tinnitus
e. Vertigo that lasts for hours

19.A 38 year old has uncontrolled anterior epistaxis and the decision is made for
arterial ligation. Which artery would be first ligated?

a. External Carotid
b. Greater palatine
c. Maxillary
d. Posterior ethmoid
e. Sphenopalatine

20.You are called by the bedside of a 35 year old restless and cyanosed woman 15
hours post thyroidectomy whose neck is swollen, has stridor and is cyanosed. The
appropriate intervention is

a. Aspirate the neck and leave a drain in the neck

b. Cut sutures and open the wound immediately
c. Emergency endotracheal intubation and Ambubag ventilation
d. Set up wide bore IV cannula and bolus with ringers lactate
e. Take blood and send for clotting studies
21.A 2-year old starts coughing repeatedly immediately after he was seen playing with
a minute plastic toy, which cannot be found. His symptoms have seized for 5
minutes. Which of the following is the most appropriate management?

a. Do Chest X-ray & CT if wheeze detected

b. Do Nasal endoscopy in the emergency department
c. Do rigid Oesophagoscopy
d. Observe and wait return of symptoms before acting
e. Perform upper and lower airway bronchoscopy

22.The recommended surgical treatment for a thyroglossal duct cyst is?

a. Aspiration and monitor for recurrence

b. Cyst enucleation taking care to preserve vital neck structures
c. Excision of cyst and superior tract without damaging the hyoid
bone
d. Sistrunks operation
e. Wide excision of the fluctuant swelling

A 27-year-old woman had fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of a palpable left
solitary thyroid nodule.

23.Which of the following is true:

a. Follicular carcinoma is the most likely diagnosis

b. Follicular adenoma and follicular carcinoma have a similar
appearance on FNAC
c. Papillary carcinoma cannot be differentiated from papillary
adenoma
d. Lymph node metastasis is rare in papillary carcinoma
e. Papillary adenoma has a better prognosis than papillary
carcinoma

24.Ten hours post total thyroidectomy, she is noted to have dyspnea and stridor and
you are alerted by the ward sister to her condition. The treatment required is

a. Check airway, pulse and blood pressure and do intubation

b. Removal of neck sutures
c. Cricothyroidotomy
d. Call senior staff and return patient to operating theatre for
wound exploration
e. Tracheostomy and oxygen support
25.If the stridor occurred in the immediate post-operative period rather than 10 hours
after surgery, which of the following would be the most likely cause of her stridor?

a. Damage to both recurrent laryngeal nerves

b. Damage to the left recurrent laryngeal nerve
c. Damage to the right external laryngeal nerve
d. Damage to/ removal of the parathyroid glands
e. Haematoma of the surgical site

26.A 42-year old woman with recent onset type 1 diabetes went to her family physician
because of increased agitation and a neck mass. She was diagnosed with Graves
disease. Which of the following is false?

a. Thyroid enlargement is diffuse

b. Pretibial myxedema is present in a minority of cases
c. Exophthalmos is a common finding
d. Women are affected 10 times more frequently than men
e. Elevated T4, T3 and TSH levels is typical

27.A 35-year-old woman is diagnosed with follicular neoplasm on fine needle aspiration
cytology of the thyroid. Which of the following statements is correct?

a. Follicular adenomas are the commonest tumours of the thyroid gland

b. Follicular adenomas are surrounded by fibrous capsule
c. Capsular invasion differentiates a carcinoma from this tumour
d. To differentiate this tumour from a carcinoma a tissue specimen is required
e. Follicular adenomas are often functional

28.The recommended surgical treatment for a thyroglossal cyst is?

a. Aspiration and monitor for recurrence

b. Cyst enucleation taking care to preserve vital neck structures
c. Excision of cyst and superior tract taking care to preserve the hyoid bone
d. Excision of the cyst superior tract and part of the hyoid bone
e. Wide excision of the fluctuant swelling
29. A 28-year-old lady presents with a painless 3 cm. swelling in the neck. Thyroid
function tests show that she is hyperthyroid, and a thyroid scan shows
increased uptake. Which of the following statements is correct?

a If a fine needle aspiration shows follicular cells surgery will not be

necessary
b A carcinoma of the thyroid gland does not occur in patients who have a
hyperfunctioning nodule
c Papillary carcinomas spread by the haematogenous route and result in
distant bone metastases.
d Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is likely in this patient because of her
age
e The presence of Psammoma bodies is common in papillary thyroid
neoplasms.

30.A 35-year-old gentleman presented with a history of progressive, bilateral hearing

loss for two years. There was no history of head trauma, otorrhoea, otalgia, or the
use of ototoxic medications. The otoscopic findings were normal on the right, while
on the left he had a pink, vascular area posteroinferiorly in the tympanic cavity. The
Rinne's test was negative bilaterally, while the Weber's test lateralised to the left ear.

The most likely diagnosis is

a Glomus tumour
b Otosclerosis
c False-negative Rinne's test
d Chronic mucoid otitis media
e Chronic suppurative otitis media

31.Impedance tympanometry is likely to demonstrate the following curve.

a Type E
b Type B
c Type C
d Type Ad
e Type As
32. Which of the following is not recommended in the treatment of this condition?

a Hearing aid
b Sodium fluoride therapy
c Stapedectomy
d Grommet insertion
e Stapedotomy

33.Identify the correct statement regarding this disorder

a. autosomal dominant inheritance

b. strongly linked to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
c. associated with pheochromocytoma
d. the malleus is the most common ossicle involved
e. More frequently diagnosed in males than in females

A 26-year-old obese male presents with a 3-month history of right-sided nasal

obstruction, right sided hearing loss and aural fullness, bloodstained postnasal
discharge and right-sided cervical lymphadenopathy

34. The most likely diagnosis is

a. Chronic sinusitis
b. Angiofibroma
c. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
d. Nasal polyps
e. Adenoidal hyperplasia

35.Assessment of the extent of this disorder is best established by

a Post nasal space x-rays

b CT scan
c Angiogram
d Anterior rhinoscopy
e Pneumatic otoscopy

36.The most common histology is

a Hamartoma
b Lymphoid hyperplasia
c Squamous cell carcinoma
d Adenocarcinoma
e Ewings sarcoma
 37.Which of the following is not usually removed in a radical neck dissection

a Accessory nerve
b Internal jugular vein
c Sternocleidomastoid muscle
d Lymph nodes in the submucosal triangle
e Phrenic nerve

38. The most common benign tumor of the minor salivary gland.

a Mucoidcystic adenoma
b Warthin tumor
c Pleomorphic adenoma
d Adenolymphoma
e Potts puffy tumour

39.Which of the following is true of the external auditory canal?

a 1-3cm in length in adults

b Posterior wall is longer than the anterior wall
c The lateral wall mostly is cartilagenous
d Amplifies sound in the 3-4 kHz range
e Parasympathic sensory supply is from the glossopharyngeal nerve

40.Which of the following is the most likely cause of unilateral nasal obstruction?

a Simple nasal polyps

b Allergic rhinitis
c Vasomotor rhinitis
d Inverted papilloma
e Septal haematoma

41.Which of the following tests is not appropriate for a two year old child?

a Otoacoustic emissons
b Auditory brainstem response
c Pure tone audiometry
d Impedance tympanometry
e Behavioral audiometry
42.A 14-year-old boy is referred to you for nasal obstruction and frequent nosebleeds.
Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

a. inverted papilloma
b. juvenile angiofibroma
c. nasal polyps
d. nasopharyngeal carcinoma

43.A 56-year-old woman presents with a lump on the left side of her neck which has
been slowly enlarging over the last few months. On examination, there is a 2 cm
firm, painless, mobile lump near the angle of the left jaw. She is still able to move her
facial muscles. What is the most likely diagnosis?

a. Chemodectoma
b. Pleomorphic adenoma
c. Salivary duct carcinoma
d. Salivary duct stone
e. Sternocleidomastoid tumour

44.A 46-year-old woman presents to the GP complaining of gradually progressive

hearing loss, imbalance and tingling on the left side of her face. On examination, the
patient admits that a vibrating tuning fork is louder when placed by the ear on the
left side, rather than on the mastoid process. Which of the following is the most likely
cause of her symptoms?

a. Acoustic neuroma
b. Mnire disease
c. Otosclerosis
d. Perforated eardrum
e. Presbycusis

45.A 71-year-old man presents to the GP with a painful, enlarging lump just in front of
his right ear, which has been present for 2 months. He woke this morning to find that
the right side of his face was drooping. What is the most likely cause of his
symptoms?

a. Acute bacterial sialothiasis

b. Parotitis
c. Pleomorphic adenoma
d. Salivary gland calculi
e. Salivary gland carcinoma
46.A 71-year-old man presents to the GP with a painful, enlarging lump just in front of
his right ear, which has been present for 2 months. He woke this morning to find that
the right side of his face was drooping. What is the most likely cause of his
symptoms?

a. Acute bacterial sialothiasis

b. Parotitis
c. Pleomorphic adenoma
d. Salivary gland calculi
e. Salivary gland carcinoma

47.Treatment for carcinoma maxillary sinus is:

a. Radiotherapy
b. Radiotherapy followed by surgery
c. Maxillectomy followed by radiotherapy
d. Chemotherapy only

48.Sphenopalatine foramen lies posterosuperior to:

a. Bulla ethmoidalis
b. Middle turbinate
c. Superior turbinate
d. Inferior turbinate
e. Posterior Choanae

49.A 45-year-old diabetic man presents to his GP with a 2-week history of progressively
worsening sweating from the left side of his face during meals. Six months prior to
this, he underwent excision of a pleomorphic adenoma from his left parotid gland.
The GP diagnoses Freys syndrome and advises the patient about the various
management options. Which of the following statements is correct regarding Freys
syndrome?

a. A positive starch-iodine test is diagnostic

b. It can lead to sialolithiasis if left untreated
c. It is caused by growth of the divided sympathetic nerve fibres into the
skin
d. It occurs in about 65% of patients who have undergone surgery to the
parotid gland
e. Treatment using 1% glycopyrrolate lotion is based on a sympatholytic
effect
50. A 30-year-old-man sustains a fall and presents with bleeding from his right nostril.
On examination, he looks well and is haemodynamically stable. Anterior rhinoscopy
reveals bleeding from the anterior part of the nasal septum corresponding to Littles
area. Which of the following arteries is not responsible for the epistaxis?

a. Sphenopalatine artery
b. Greater palatine artery
c. Anterior ethmoidal artery
d. Superior septal perforator artery
e. Superior labial artery